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50177

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward proposals for regulations to ensure that ME and chronic fatigue syndrome are included in all pre- and post-registration training of (a) GPs and (b) other healthcare professionals.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	198120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>In 2007, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) produced the clinical guidance, <em>Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy): Diagnosis and management of CFS/ME in adults and children</em>. This guidance set out best practice on the diagnosis, treatment care and support of children and adults with CFS/ME. Information on CFS/ME diagnosis and treatment can also be accessed via the NHS Evidence and NICE Clinical Knowledge summaries websites.</p><p> </p><p>The content and standard of healthcare professional training is the responsibility of regulators, such as the General Medical Council, which are independent statutory bodies. They have the general function of promoting high standards of education, working with the Royal Colleges, and co-ordinating all stages of education to ensure that students and newly qualified professionals are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for professional practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has mandated Health Education England (HEE) to provide national leadership on education, training and workforce development in the National Health Service. HEE is responsible for ensuring that the future workforce has the right numbers, skills, values and behaviours to meet patients' needs today and tomorrow, and will work with stakeholders to influence training curricula as appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 198121 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

50178

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to improve information and support for GPs regarding ME or chronic fatigue syndrome; and if he will take steps to improve access to specialist services for people with those conditions.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	198121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>In 2007, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) produced the clinical guidance, <em>Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy): Diagnosis and management of CFS/ME in adults and children</em>. This guidance set out best practice on the diagnosis, treatment care and support of children and adults with CFS/ME. Information on CFS/ME diagnosis and treatment can also be accessed via the NHS Evidence and NICE Clinical Knowledge summaries websites.</p><p> </p><p>The content and standard of healthcare professional training is the responsibility of regulators, such as the General Medical Council, which are independent statutory bodies. They have the general function of promoting high standards of education, working with the Royal Colleges, and co-ordinating all stages of education to ensure that students and newly qualified professionals are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for professional practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has mandated Health Education England (HEE) to provide national leadership on education, training and workforce development in the National Health Service. HEE is responsible for ensuring that the future workforce has the right numbers, skills, values and behaviours to meet patients' needs today and tomorrow, and will work with stakeholders to influence training curricula as appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 198120 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

50180

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to social care assessments for people with ME or chronic fatigue syndrome.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	198039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Care Bill will require local authorities to provide information and advice on how to access care and support in their area including assessments.</p><p> </p><p>The Bill will place local authorities under a duty to assess any adult who appears to have needs for care and support, whatever their level of need. The assessment will look at the person's needs and outcomes they want to achieve, and the person must be involved throughout the process. Authorities will have to ensure that anyone who is undertaking an assessment is appropriately trained to do so, and that where the assessor is not experienced in the condition of the person they are assessing, they must consult someone who is.</p><p> </p><p>These measures will ensure that the person needing care has an effective assessment carried out by an appropriately trained assessor.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

49881

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2014, Official Report, column 364W, on mental health services, when the guidance and Choice Framework which he referred to will be published.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	197978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department published the NHS Choice Framework 2014 on 1 April 2014. A copy has been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has been working with NHS England and other partners and stakeholders to develop supporting guidance for the National Health Service. A consultation on this will commence shortly and final guidance will be published in the summer.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and NHS England will continue to work with partners and stakeholders to ensure that the extended rights to choice in mental health are fully embedded by 2015 as set out in the NHS Mandate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb attachment 1 file name PQ197978 - Library Doc - Report.pdf title 2014/15 Choice Framework 2 file name House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 27 Mar 2014.docx title Mental Health Services Hansard Extract question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

49639

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the applicability of the end-of-life criteria to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's appraisal of abiraterone acetate for the treatment of metastatic hormone relapsed prostate cancer not previously treated with chemotherapy.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Paul Uppal
uin	197676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>Since January 2013, the Department has received four questions from hon. Members, including his own, regarding the applicability of end-of-life criteria in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's appraisal of abiraterone (Zytiga) for the treatment of metastatic hormone relapsed prostate cancer not previously treated with chemotherapy.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have received one letter from an hon. Member regarding this particular appraisal more generally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4078 label Biography information for Paul Uppal

49397

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the savings to the NHS arising from arts-based interventions.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	197525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>No current assessment has been made of savings to the NHS arising from arts-based interventions.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

49546

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that resources for mental health services meet the requirements of both adults and children.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	197541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>Mental health and wellbeing, for both adults and children, is a priority for this Government. Our overarching goal is to ensure that mental health has equal priority with physical health, and that everyone who needs it has timely access to the best available treatment. We have enshrined in law the equal status of mental and physical health in the Health and Social Care Act 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Mandate to NHS England makes clear that 'everyone who needs it should have timely access to evidence based services'. This will involve extending and ensuring more open access to the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme, in particular for children and young people, and for those out of work.</p><p> </p><p>We are also committed to introducing access and/or waiting time standards for mental health. The revised Mandate asks NHS England to develop and evaluate a range of costed options to implement access and waiting standards for mental health services starting from April 2015, with a phased introduction depending on affordability.</p><p> </p><p>We will hold the National Health Service to account for the quality of services and outcomes for mental health patients through the NHS Outcomes Framework. Improvements for people with mental health problems will also be a crucial element of success across the framework as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>Our action plan, <em>Closing the Gap</em>, which was launched in January 2014, sets our priorities for action and progress in mental health services over the next couple of years, including actions supporting commissioners in allocating resources.</p><p> </p><p>We are setting up a new, national Mental Health Intelligence Network to provide comprehensive, up to date information about mental health and wellbeing, mental health problems and what the most pressing needs are in each area – which will support commissioning of services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

49184

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications have been made in Oxfordshire under the National Assistance Act 1948 by people without resources to meet their requirements or whose resources must be supplemented in order to meet their requirements in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	197243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of adult social care clients receiving council-funded services, including residential and domiciliary care, is collected by the NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).</p><p> </p><p>The HSCIC has provided the available information for Oxfordshire County Council over the five years 2008-09 to 2012-13. This is shown in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type of service</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Residential care</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>1,245</p></td><td><p>1,155</p></td><td><p>1,170</p></td><td><p>1,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Domiciliary care,<em> of which:</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Home care</p></td><td><p>4,625</p></td><td><p>5,010</p></td><td><p>3,675</p></td><td><p>3,125</p></td><td><p>2,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Day care</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td><td><p>1,820</p></td><td><p>1,680</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meals</p></td><td><p>465</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Short term residential care (not respite)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Direct payments</p></td><td><p>925</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1,040</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Existing/new direct payments and personal budgets</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1,050</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Professional support</p></td><td><p>12,485</p></td><td><p>12,315</p></td><td><p>5,750</p></td><td><p>1,760</p></td><td><p>1,275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Equipment and adaptations</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>1,305</p></td><td><p>1,270</p></td><td><p>875</p></td><td><p>865</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>1,125</p></td><td><p>1,045</p></td><td><p>2,285</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>445</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p>1. Data relates to adults 18 and over</p><p>2. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5</p><p>3. All data are published and final</p><p>4. The ‘Existing/new direct payments and personal budgets' columns in return P2f was introduced in 2009-10 to capture personal budgets and reverted back to direct payments in 2010-11. Service users who were receiving council commissioned services via a personal budget or direct payment were only included under this heading and not under the specific service received.</p><p> </p><p><em>Sources:</em></p><p>Referrals, Assessments and Packages of Care (RAP) returns, tables P1 and P2f</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

49186

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many individual funding requests for the prescription of Duodopa to patients with Parkinson's disease were (a) made, (b) accepted, (c) accepted following an appeal and (d) rejected in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	197325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>Prior to April 2013, primary care trusts were responsible for dealing with individual funding requests and information on individual funding request decisions, or on the time taken to consider such requests, was not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2013, NHS England assumed responsibility for commissioning adult specialist neurosciences services, including the majority of services for patients with Parkinson's disease, with some being the responsibility of clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has informed us that information on the number of individual funding requests made to NHS England is not currently available. NHS England is improving its data collection mechanisms and aims to improve availability of such information in the future.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised us it aims to inform the requesting clinician of the outcome of the individual funding request panel decision within 40 working days from the date of receipt of a completed request form. There are no plans to collect information on the average time taken for these decisions to be made.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 197326 question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

49187

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time is for a decision on an individual funding request for the prescription of Duodopa to a patient with Parkinson's disease.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	197326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>Prior to April 2013, primary care trusts were responsible for dealing with individual funding requests and information on individual funding request decisions, or on the time taken to consider such requests, was not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2013, NHS England assumed responsibility for commissioning adult specialist neurosciences services, including the majority of services for patients with Parkinson's disease, with some being the responsibility of clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has informed us that information on the number of individual funding requests made to NHS England is not currently available. NHS England is improving its data collection mechanisms and aims to improve availability of such information in the future.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised us it aims to inform the requesting clinician of the outcome of the individual funding request panel decision within 40 working days from the date of receipt of a completed request form. There are no plans to collect information on the average time taken for these decisions to be made.</p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 197325 question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma